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This never occurred to me while I was watching the episode, but could the spool itself be one of the keys? It'd be an interesting twist if the keys weren't actually keys, and the spool does look like it could fit one of the keyholes.

Omg that is the best idea ever!
Well okay not the best idea in the history of forever but that is a really good idea or theory one that I know really want to see happen.
The spool itself is being used to foreshadow something so it does seem possible that it could be one of the keys.

Also like all Rarity episodes this was a fantastic episode.
I really enjoyed the character of Rarity in this episode as she was written really well and that when she is at her worst you can see how she got there and that she is still a good pony.
I also enjoyed the song and its reprise as Rarity has great songs as usual.
Lastly I also really enjoyed the ending of the episode and the mane 5 making up with Rarity, the befriending of the assistant and Rarity's diary entry as well as seeing Rarity learn her lesson was all really nice to see.
Also the animation like the rest of this season is pretty good.
So all and all another great episode from a great season and is going into my favorites along Flight to the Finish and if the season keeps up like this it might replace 2 as my favorite.

It's so nice to have a proper Rarity episode again. <3 The lesson was good, and hopefully after this, people can stop complaining about Rarity not representing Generosity. (People still do this... -_-) Loved the song too. Rarity still has the best singing voice of the group, IMO.

If the spool of thread is a key, then so is Fluttershy's Vampire fang...

It's so nice to have a proper Rarity episode again. <3 The lesson was good, and hopefully after this, people can stop complaining about Rarity not representing Generosity. (People still do this... -_-) Loved the song too. Rarity still has the best singing voice of the group, IMO.

If the spool of thread is a key, then so is Fluttershy's Vampire fang...

I was thinking Fluttershy's fang could be a key as well, but I wasn't really sure.

Originally Posted by LizardonX

Tabitha has really let himself go, just how many lava cookies did he eat in the last 11 years?

This never occurred to me while I was watching the episode, but could the spool itself be one of the keys? It'd be an interesting twist if the keys weren't actually keys, and the spool does look like it could fit one of the keyholes.

The Rainbow Spool for sure, yeah. The others seemed to just represent each of the girls.

The 'Keys' not actually being keys makes sense to me, and seems more practical than each girl somehow finding a key in a random situation. The key may be something that represents them and the result of passing the personal test of their element.

^ You have a very awesome signature there XD *adores both Rarity and Musharna*

Fluttershy will always be my favourite pony, but Rarity's a close second and yep, her episodes are always great and this was all I'd hoped for ^_^ my favourite song of the season so far, Coco Pommel was adorable (it would be awesome if she was a recurring character! At the end when Rarity said "I have a job for you", for a second I thought she was going to offer her a job as her assistant in Ponyville XD if only!) and idk about Grumpy Cat pony, but Don Draper pony made my day :P And the spool is very intriguing! Between that and Fluttershy's vampire fang, I'd say they're probably going for something with these hints, and it would make sense for the "key" to be something related to the elements...I'm just really happy to have something approaching an arc plot in MLP for once and very interested to see how they're going to pull it off~

Originally Posted by Monster Guy

people can stop complaining about Rarity not representing Generosity. (People still do this... -_-)

...WHO DOES THIS. I NEED TO KNOW SO I CAN SMACK THEM. FABULOUSLY. D; seriously though, have they watched ANY of Rarity's episodes? okay, she's a drama queen and she can be vain and self-centred, and she was a jerk to the others in this episode when they were making her dresses, but she can at least admit it and apologize, and she always comes through for her friends when they need her. It's pretty rare (heh) to have a ~fashionista character who's not vapid and shallow, or even the villain, in a kids' show, and Rarity doesn't just follow fashion, she's an ~artist, darling! she's so creative and passionate about her work, and ambitious but she never sacrifices her principles and her friends come first, and that came through wonderfully in this episode. even if she's not your fave, idg how anyone can say she's not generous and kind hearted. /Rarity feels

“Rainbow Falls” — Rainbow Dash and her Ponyville team arrive in Rainbow Falls to fly in the qualifying round of the Equestria Games when it becomes apparent that the competition definitely has a hoof up on them. Then, when the elite Cloudsdale team offers Rainbow Dash a spot on their top notch squad, she’s faced with making a tough decision about where her loyalties lie, on “My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic,” Saturday, January 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET/ 7:30 a.m. PT on the Hub Network.

Three’s a Crowd” — As Twilight Sparkle eagerly anticipates the arrival of Princess Cadance, Discord dishes up quite the dreadful disruption when he arrives and begs the ponies to take care of him while he is sick. But when Discord’s diva like demands get ridiculously out of hand, Twilight’s generosity and friendship skills are put to the test during her special weekend, on “My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic,” Saturday, January 25 at 10:30 a.m. ET/ 7:30 a.m. PT on the Hub Network.

“Rainbow Falls” — Rainbow Dash and her Ponyville team arrive in Rainbow Falls to fly in the qualifying round of the Equestria Games when it becomes apparent that the competition definitely has a hoof up on them. Then, when the elite Cloudsdale team offers Rainbow Dash a spot on their top notch squad, she’s faced with making a tough decision about where her loyalties lie, on “My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic,” Saturday, January 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET/ 7:30 a.m. PT on the Hub Network.

Three’s a Crowd” — As Twilight Sparkle eagerly anticipates the arrival of Princess Cadance, Discord dishes up quite the dreadful disruption when he arrives and begs the ponies to take care of him while he is sick. But when Discord’s diva like demands get ridiculously out of hand, Twilight’s generosity and friendship skills are put to the test during her special weekend, on “My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic,” Saturday, January 25 at 10:30 a.m. ET/ 7:30 a.m. PT on the Hub Network.

Discord falls ill? This is gotta be good! Rubs hooves...

I smell key episodes.

Originally Posted by LizardonX

Tabitha has really let himself go, just how many lava cookies did he eat in the last 11 years?

Not really surprising for Rainbow Dash. One of the summaries outright used something along the lines of a " Test of Loyalty ". We're expecting the Ponyville Team to be Dash, Thunderlane, Blossomforth, and Bulk Biceps (Snowflake) who'll be the background pony bumped up to secondary character apparently.

I'd be surprised if Twilight got her Key so early, though. I was expecting her to be last because she's Twilight. It'd be kind of refreshing to go ahead and get that out of the way, though. I'd have no complaints.

Also the Discord song will be in that episode.

Saturday Morning Episode Edit.

Can I take 22 minutes of Applejack? Maybe if Pinkie is there. Spoiler:

A person (and probably a pony) inherits most of their traits from their parents and grandparents. The common ancestor they may share is so distant that it has barely any influence on Pinkie.

So Twilight is looking into her friend's ancestry? That's ... not creepy.

So who throws a wench in everypony's joy and doesn't immediately accept Pinkie as family? Who else?

I like the Apple song. I don't think the animation did the animatic justice, though. They removed the Where's Waldo Reference.

" When did you have time to make that? " ... silly mortal.

Just as I predicted Applejack tried to assert herself as leader (again). I don't see why she picked that exact moment to try and assert her authority. There was nothing she could do to make the situation better. The wagon already broke, the map was already gone, and it was too late to change direction on the river. She didn't even try to save her family from the waterfall with a rope which is one of the few things she's actually good at doing. So what was the point?

Pinkie, on the other hand, was delightful in this episode. She was eccentric and bubbly as always but it didn't reach the point of being annoying. This is how I prefer for Pinkie to be written. Pinkie is aware of what's going on around her and appears to be as intelligent as any other pony, but she just selectively cares about those things.

Oh. A crazy cat lady.

So in the end the answer was left ambiguous ... which is probably for the best. The truth is, all the ponies of a same type in the least are probably related in some distant way anyway because they descended from the same tribe.